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  1. Item Response Theory

    By Susan E. Embretson, Steven P. Reise, Susan E. Embretson, Steven P. Reise

    Series: Multivariate Applications Series

    This book develops an intuitive understanding of IRT principles through the use of graphical displays and analogies to familiar psychological principles. It surveys contemporary IRT models, estimation methods, and computer programs. Polytomous IRT models are given central coverage since many...

    Published April 30th 2000 by Psychology Press

  2. Computerized Adaptive Testing

    A Primer, 2nd Edition

    By Howard Wainer, Neil J. Dorans, Ronald Flaugher, Bert F. Green, Robert J. Mislevy

    This celebrated primer presents an introduction to all of the key ingredients in understanding computerized adaptive testing technology, test development, statistics, and mental test theory. Based on years of research, this accessible book educates the novice and serves as a compendium of...

    Published March 31st 2000 by Routledge

  3. The New Psychometrics

    Science, Psychology and Measurement

    By Paul Kline

    Many psychological factors are little more than statistical descriptions of particular sets of data and have no real significance. Paul Kline uses his long and extensive knowledge of psychological measurement to argue that truly scientific forms of measurement could be developed to create a new...

    Published March 1st 2000 by Routledge

  4. Test Theory

    A Unified Treatment

    By Roderick P. McDonald

    This book introduces the reader to the main quantitative concepts, methods, and computational techniques needed for the development, evaluation, and application of tests in the behavioral/social sciences, including educational tests. Two empirical examples are carried throughout to illustrate...

    Published June 30th 1999 by Psychology Press

  5. Modern Psychometrics

    2nd Edition

    By John Rust, Susan Golombok

    The edition of this classic text has been completely revised and updated, taking into account recent developments in the field of psychometrics. Part 1 of Modern Psychometrics outlines the background, history and controversies surrounding psychological testing. Part 2 provides a practical guide for...

    Published June 2nd 1999 by Routledge

  6. The New Rules of Measurement

    What Every Psychologist and Educator Should Know

    Edited by Susan E. Embretson, Scott L. Hershberger

    In this volume prominent scholars from both psychology and education describe how these new rules of measurement work and how they differ from the old rules. Several contributors have been involved in the recent construction or revision of a major test, while others are well-known for their...

    Published January 31st 1999 by Psychology Press

  7. Measurement, Design, and Analysis

    An Integrated Approach

    By Elazar J. Pedhazur, Liora Pedhazur Schmelkin

    In textbooks and courses in statistics, substantive and measurement issues are rarely, if at all, considered. Similarly, textbooks and courses in measurement virtually ignore design and analytic questions, and research design textbooks and courses pay little attention to analytic and measurement...

    Published April 30th 1991 by Psychology Press